OUR TEAM

JUDr. Marta Zavadilová, Ph.D.
Partner
Marta Zavadilová is a partner at Bříza & Trubač. Her practice focuses on private international law, cross-border dispute resolution, family and inheritance law, and European Union law. She provides legal advice to Czech and international clients, particularly in international family disputes, cross-border inheritance proceedings and other matters involving an international element. Alongside her legal practice, she serves as an assistant professor at the Faculty of Law, Charles University, regularly publishes in the field of private international law and is a member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers.
Before joining Bříza & Trubač, she spent more than 15 years at the Ministry of Justice, where she held senior positions in the field of international and European civil law.
Specializations
Education
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Charles University Faculty of Law (Master in 2003, JUDr. 2007, Ph.D. in 2007)
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Universität Passau, Germany (2000-2001), program Erasmus/Socrates
Main fields of expertise
International private law, dispute resolution with cross-border element, family law, law of obligations.
Language of provided services
- Czech
- English
- German
Membership in arbitral, vocational, proffesional and advisy institutions and boards
- Czech Bar Association
- Internal Judicial Network in civil and commercial matters
- Member of the International Academy of Family Lawyers (IAFL)
Publications
- Pauknerová, M., Rozehnalová, N., Zavadilová, M. a kol., The Law on Private International Law. Commentary. (in Czech original: Zákon o mezinárodním právu soukromém. Komentář), Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2013
- David, L., Ištvánek, F., Javůrková N., Kasíková, M. Lavický, P. a kol., Code of Civil Procedure. Commentory (in Czech original: Občanský soudní řád. Komentář), Wolters Kluwer ČR, 2009
- Zavadilová, M., Turoňová, J., Rules for determining international jurisdiction under the Brussels II bis Regulation in the light of the latest case law of the European Court of Justice, Magazine Legal perspectives 7/2010 (in Czech original: Pravidla určování mezinárodní soudní příslušnosti dle nařízení Brusel II bis ve světle nejnovější judikatury Evropského soudního dvora, Právní rozhledy, 7/2010)
- Zavadilová, M., Horák, P., European order for payment and its role in the Czech civil process ,Magazine Legal perspectives, 22/2006 (in Czech original: Evropský platební rozkaz a jeho role v českém civilním procesu, Právní rozhledy, 22/2006)
- Beaumont, P. R., Danov, M., Trimmings, K., & Yuksel, B. (Eds.) (2017), Cross-Border Litigation in Europe. (Studies in Private International Law), Hart Publishing – co-author Národní zprávy ČR
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Post on the topic "The consumer in the jurisdictional norms of the Brussels Ia Regulation so where to sue a migrant consumer" in collection Eichlerová, K., Recodification of commercial law - five years later. Volume I., II. Tribute to Stanislav Černá. Tribute to Irena Pelikánová (in Czech original: Příspěvek na téma "Spotřebitel v jurisdikčních normách nařízení Brusel Ia aneb kde žalovat migrujícího spotřebitele" ve sborníku Eichlerová, K., Rekodifikace obchodního práva - pět let poté. Svazek I, II. Pocta Stanislavě Černé. Pocta Ireně Pelikánové), Wolters Kluwer, 2019
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Bříza, P., Zavadilová, M., Czech codification of private international law from 2012 (in Polish original: Czeska kodyfikacja prawa prywatnego międzynarodowego z 2012 roku), Magazine Kwartalnik Prague Prywatnego, year 2019, Volume XXVIII, n. 2, p. 467-496.
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Chapter n. 3.2 Consumer protection (in Czech original: Kap. č. 3.2 Ochrana spotřebitelů) - Pfeiffer, M., Pauknerová, M., Růžička, K. and col., International business law, Aleš Čeněk, 2019
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Zavadilová, M., The pitfalls of international divorces, Magazine Legal adviser, year 2020, n. 1 (in Czech original: Nástrahy mezinárodních rozvodů, Právní rádce, ročník 2020, č. 1)
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Pfeiffer, Magdalena, Zavadilová, Marta. Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Commercial Matters rendered by Courts of Non-EU Countries in the Czech Republic. Acta Universitatis Carolinae – Iuridica. Praha: Univerzita Karlova, Právnická fakulta, 2020, (4), 157-170
Last news
Interview with our partners Barbora Paclíková, Tomáš Hokr, Marta Zavadilová, and Patrik Koželuha for Ekonom
In an interview published in Právní rádce, a supplement to Ekonom, you can read about the 12 years of our law firm's existence.
Family law with a human face: Marta Zavadilová at Family Business Week
On Wednesday, 5 June 2025, we attended an inspiring conference called Family Business Week, which took place at Uhelný Mlýn in Libčice nad Vltavou.
Divorce with an international element – online seminar with Markéta Polendová and Marta Zavadilová
Spouses from different countries, marriage abroad, children with dual citizenship. These are not the opening words of a novel, but the everyday reality that family law attorneys are increasingly encountering.
